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Exhibition Review
Journey into Crystal
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 65–68
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Reviewer:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Reliquaries / Ceremonial vessels / Statuettes / Jewellery
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
subjects:
Rock crystals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Journey into Crystal Musée de Cluny, Paris 26th September 2023– 14th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Object in the form of a bay leaf. France, Palaeolithic (Solutrean). Rock crystal, 5.8 by 4 by 2 cm. (Musée d’Archéologie nationale, Saint- Germain-en- Laye; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
6. Aiguière in the form of a dragon. The Sarachi workshop, Milan, late 16th century. Rock crystal with gold and enamel, 26.5 by 31.3 by 9.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
7. Reliquary coffer. Northern France (?), c.1200, incorporating a tenth-century Egyptian rockcrystal vessel. Rock crystal, gilded silver and gemstones, 11.3 by 14.8 by 9.7 cm (Musée de Cluny, Paris).
Book Review
Medieval Women, Material Culture, and Power: Matilda Plantagenet and her Sisters
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 377-378
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Reviewer:
Grant, Lindy (Grant, Lindy)
Subjects
patrons:
Plantagenet, Matilda
places:
Saxony / Bavaria
subjects:
Women / Ceremonial vessels / Textiles / Jewellery / Commissions / Angevin
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medieval Women, Material Culture, and Power: Matilda Plantagenet and her Sisters By Jitske Jasperse. 148 pp. incl. 22 col. + 13 b. & w. ills. (Arc Humanities Press, Leeds, 2020),  24.95. ISBN 978–1–64189–145–5. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Bracteate of Duke Henry the Lion and Matilda. c.1172. Silver, diameter 3.3 cm. (Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin).
Book Review
Lions, Dragons, & Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table
12/2006 | 1245 | 148
Pages: 851
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199 / 1200-1499 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, United States
print:
Aquamanilia
print:
Vessels
subjects:
Aquamanilia / Medieval / Ceremonial vessels / Vessels / Ecclesiastical / Collections, Public / Exhibition catalogues / Bronzes / German
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lions, Dragons, & Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table | editor: Barnet, Peter , editor: Dandridge, Pete
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: Two Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessels (British Museum)
12/1972 | 837 | 114
Pages: 870+872-873
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Author:
Rawson, Jessica (Rawson, Jessica)
Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London / China
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Bronzes / Ceremonial vessels
subjects:
Hu (Chinese vessels)
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
103. A Pair of Ritual Vessels, hu, Chinese, Early Fifth Century B. C. Bronze; Height, 48 cm. (British Museum.)
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisition: Chinese Hemispherical Bowl (British Museum)
04/1971 | 817 | 113
Pages: 215+217
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Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
China / England / London
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Chinese / Ceramics / Zhou (Chou)
subjects:
Ceremonial vessels
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
58. Ritual Vessel 'tui'. Chinese, Chou Dynasty, Fifth to Fourth Century B. C. Bronze; Diameter, 26 cm. (British Museum.).
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Recent Museum Acquisition: Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel (British Museum)
04/1971 | 817 | 113
Pages: 216-217
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Subjects
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
places:
China
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Ceremonial vessels / Hu (Chinese vessels)
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
62. Ritual Vessel 'hu'. Chinese, Chou Dynasty, Ninth Century B. C. Bronze; Height, 45.5 cm. (British Museum.)
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: 'Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China' at Asia House
01/1969 | 790 | 111
Pages: 54-56
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Reviewer:
Soper, Alexander Coburn (Soper, Alexander Coburn; Soper, Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
places:
China / United States / New York
private galleries:
Asia Society Museum, New York, United States
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Bronzes
subjects:
Ceremonial vessels
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
79. Li-ting. Shang Bronze. (Brundage Collection, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco.). 80. Chüeh. Shang, Style II. Bronze. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.)
Non-western art unattributed:
81. Yü. Shang, Style IV. Bronze. (Musée Cernuschi, Paris.)
Non-western art unattributed:
82. Chia. Shang, Style II. Bronze. (Sackler Collections, New York.)
Non-western art unattributed:
83. Fang I. Shang, Style V. Bronze. (Collection Mr and Mrs Frederick Mayer, New York.)
Non-western art unattributed:
84. Fang-Hu. 'Late Eastern Chou or Western Han'. Bronze with Gold and Silver Inlays. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London.)
Article
Corporation Plate of England and Wales
08/1952 | 593 | 94
Pages: 228-231
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Author:
Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
Subjects
dates:
1950-1959
dates:
1500-1699
museums and institutions:
Goldsmiths' Hall, London, Great Britain
places:
England / Wales
subjects:
Silverwork / Metalwork / Silver plate
subjects:
Guilds / Corporations
subjects:
Exhibitions
subjects:
Cities
subjects:
Civic plate
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Elizabethan / Stuart / Ceremonial vessels
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Cup. Gold. Maker's Mark, IH with Fleur-de-lis. London 1680. Height, 16.5 cm. (Corporation of Oxford.)
Attributed works:
11. Cup. Silver-Gilt. Maker's mark, IM over FB. London 1614. Height, 37.5 cm. (Corporation of Hertford.)
Attributed works:
12. Oar of the 'Admiral of the Medway'. Parcel-Gilt. Made by E. Aldridge, London 1748. Length, 100 cm. (Corporation of Rochester.)
Attributed works:
14. The Bodkin Cup. Gilt. Maker's Mark, a Heart. London 1525. Height, 12.1 cm. (Corporation of Portsmouth.)
Attributed works:
15. The Wrothe Salt. Maker's Mark, TC Monogram. London 1633. Height, 16.5 cm. (Corporation of Bridgewater.)
Attributed works:
16. Basin. Gilt. Maker's Mark, IV. London 1617. Diameter, 45.1 cm. (Corporation of Norwich.)
Attributed works:
17. The Clive Tankard. Parcel-Gilt. Maker's Mark, B over W (?). Hamburg, c. 1660. Height, 25.4 cm. (Corporation of Shrewsbury.)
Western art unattributed:
13. Mace of the Former Borough of Burford, Oxon. c. 1500. Length, 33 cm. (Dr Cheatle.)
Article
Historic Plate of the City of London: An Essay in Collecting
06/1951 | 579 | 93
Pages: 182+184-187
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Author:
Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
Subjects
artists:
Pyne, Benjamin
artists:
Lamerie, Paul de
artists:
Farrer, Thomas, goldsmith, act. 1700-1750
dates:
1500-1699 / 1700-1749
places:
England / London
subjects:
Silver plate / Silverwork / Metalwork
subjects:
Guilds / Corporations / Patronage
subjects:
Ceremonial vessels / Tankards
subjects:
Tudor / Elizabethan / Stuart
subjects:
Flagons
subjects:
Civic plate
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Flagon and Basin, by Benjamin Pyne. Silver, 1721. (Mansion House.)
Western art unattributed:
10. The Houblon Tankard, Silver, 1695. (Bank of England.)
Western art unattributed:
11. Goblet, Silver,1545. (St Margaret Pattens.)
Western art unattributed:
4. Standing Salt Cellar, Silver, 1569. (Vintners' Company.)
Western art unattributed:
5. The Lambarde Cup, Silver, 1578. (Drapers' Company.)
Western art unattributed:
6. Coconut Cup, Silver, 1526. (Ironmongers' Company.)
Western art unattributed:
7. Standing Bowl, Silver, 1586. (St Giles, Cripplegate.)
Western art unattributed:
8. Pomegranate Cup, Silver, 1563. (Inner Temple.)
Article
A Romanesque Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon
04/1950 | 565 | 92
Pages: 102-105
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Author:
Meyer, Erich (Meyer, Erich)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1249
places:
Germany / France / Lorraine / Saxony
subjects:
Aquamanilia / Ceremonial vessels / Terracottas / Ceramics
subjects:
German sculpture / French sculpture / Romanesque
subjects:
Iconography / Animals / Mythical animals / Dragons
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Dragon Aquamanile, from Lower Lorraine, about 1220. Bronze. Height, 34.5 cm. Length, 33.4 cm. (Private collection.)
Western art unattributed:
10. Another View of the Dragon Aquamanile Reproduced in Figs. 1 and 9.
Western art unattributed:
11. Detail of Fig. 1. Medallion on the Right Wing.
Western art unattributed:
12. Detail of Candlestick from the Abbey of Postel. Made in Lower Lorraine, about 1200. Bronze. Height, 143 cm. (Musće du Cinquantenaire, Brussels.)
Western art unattributed:
8. Dragon Aquamanile. From Lower Saxony, Probably Hildesheim. Bronze. (Reinhart Collection, Winterthur.)
Western art unattributed:
9. Another View of the Dragon Aquamanile Reproduced in Fig. 1.
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